Striking gold in J-Bay

I love shooting Jeffrey’s Bay!
I love it even more when it’s perfect and bathed in crisp beautiful light.

For the Last While I have been on another epic surf trip up the east coast of South Africa.
The mission began with me co covering the BloodScan surf Challenge in J-Bay and ended with some epic free surfing in perfect J-Bay waves

To get things going, a fun swell pulled in on the Friday and we managed to nail a few shots with the crew.
Dylan Lightfoot, Emma Smith, Matt McGillivray and Adin Jeens were amongst the action. They all nailed a couple of shots, a good start.

That Night was filled with mild anxiety. Would the promised swell deliver in the morning?

It did!
Soon as it was light enough one could see the lines.
It was pumping!
4 to 6 foot and perfect.

I started shooting pre sunrise with Dylan and ended post sun down with Emma.
During the day, Dylan, Emma, Gilly, Shane Thorne, Adin and a few others went to town on the perfect Walls at Super Tubes.
Best day of shooting in a long while.

Sunday Dawned. It was bigger!
Waves were in the 6 foot range but needed an offshore and there was a horrible haze over the bay. Not photographically perfect!

Little Matt McGillivray was first in at Dawn and blew the place apart.
He ripped 6 foot supers with confidence and ease. It was awesome surfing from the grom.

By mid day the swell was at its peak.
There were solid 6 to 8 foot bombs blasting the super’s lineup.
Watching Emma Smith do the rock jump down the point with massive sets bearing down on her was quite a sight.
Totally unfazed about the size of the waves, she eventually made it to the line up and ripped.

This was another awesome surf trip with epic waves and amazing people.
I shot some pretty rad surfing action and during the down time, I shot a bit of fashion/lifestyle, which was fun.

These 20 images are some of the “left over’s” as I need to keep the good images under wraps for print consideration.

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